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of us are exhausted. we have nowhere to sleep. >> shelter and clean drinking water are in short supply. international aid is beginning to arrive, but it takes time. >> we are expecting about a $38 million operation to support the food supplies. >> many refugees feel abandoned by their governments and are leaving camps to try to make their own way home. these buses are destined for the coast from which refugees hope to find a way to continue their journey. meanwhile, tens of thousands remain stranded at the border with no other option but to wait. >> to germany, where u.s. president barack obama says he is outraged by an attack on u.s. troops at frankfurt airport. two airmen were killed and two wounded when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying u.s. military personnel. angela marco quickly condemned the killing and promised to form an investigation. the gunman, a cause of the naonal, is now in police -- a kosovo national, is now in police custody. >> the vessel came under attack outside frankfurt airport's
of us are exhausted. we have nowhere to sleep. >> shelter and clean drinking water are in short supply. international aid is beginning to arrive, but it takes time. >> we are expecting about a $38 million operation to support the food supplies. >> many refugees feel abandoned by their governments and are leaving camps to try to make their own way home. these buses are destined for the coast from which refugees hope to find a way to continue their journey. meanwhile, tens of...
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. >> libya did not attack us, and it did 249 threaten us. in that case he has no power to go to war until authorized by congress or declared by congress. >> let's hear the law. the war powers act was a revolved by congress that nen 73. 37 years ago. after u.s. involvement ended in vietnam. the ability calls on the president to notify congress when u.s. troops are in combat situations and to withdraw them within 60 days of the notification unless both houses of congress declare war. otherwise, or otherwise appear the use of force. >> that's only the in case that americans are attacked, or the enemy threatened. if there's no threat or attack you've got to go to congress under the constitution. >> so he is in violation of the constitution? >> the constitution of the united states. >> you think he should be impeach. >> no, i don't think so. >> why? if the president is violating the founding document of our country -- >> because i don't think we ought to do that right now. but what it be impeachable offense? nixon bombed cambodia. >> he had resig
. >> libya did not attack us, and it did 249 threaten us. in that case he has no power to go to war until authorized by congress or declared by congress. >> let's hear the law. the war powers act was a revolved by congress that nen 73. 37 years ago. after u.s. involvement ended in vietnam. the ability calls on the president to notify congress when u.s. troops are in combat situations and to withdraw them within 60 days of the notification unless both houses of congress declare war....
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take us back to what happened that precipitated the lawsuit. >> okay. as you recall, there was a protest, picketing outside of a church in which a fallen marine was being... a funeral service was being held for a fallen marine. the family of the marine sued the westborough baptist church claiming that the demonstration inflicted emotional distress on them. that's a basis for a lawsuit for damages. it's a personal injury. the westborough baptist church raised as a defense the first amendment and the lower appellate court held that the first amendment did protect this speech and overturned a jury verdict in favor of the family. >> woodruff: so what was the main question, then, before the justices. >> whether the first amendment protected this speech. chief justice roberts wrote the opinion today and this morning in the courtroom he read a summary of that opinion and it was very clear, i think, from his tone that he really wanted people to understand how the court reached the decision and that the court's sympathy-- if not the law-- is with the snyders. he
take us back to what happened that precipitated the lawsuit. >> okay. as you recall, there was a protest, picketing outside of a church in which a fallen marine was being... a funeral service was being held for a fallen marine. the family of the marine sued the westborough baptist church claiming that the demonstration inflicted emotional distress on them. that's a basis for a lawsuit for damages. it's a personal injury. the westborough baptist church raised as a defense the first...
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they're talking about it they're engaging with us. and they're listening. >> warner: and nothing else. >> nothing else right now. no promises. >> warner: all right, david austin of mercy core, thank you so much. >> thank you >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: mass protests spread across syria, and government forces opened fire on crowds in several cities. rebels in libya pressed to regain lost ground in the east after british and french planes blasted government troops and tanks. >> the they will address the nation on libya monday night. >> and to hari via de la valle. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: spencer filed a blog post with more on the use of technology and social media to document human rights abuses. "art beat" looks at the taliban's use of poetry as a propaganda tool in afghanistan and pakistan. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, miles o'brien visits chernobyl, 25 years after th
they're talking about it they're engaging with us. and they're listening. >> warner: and nothing else. >> nothing else right now. no promises. >> warner: all right, david austin of mercy core, thank you so much. >> thank you >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: mass protests spread across syria, and government forces opened fire on crowds in several cities. rebels in libya pressed to regain lost ground in the east after british and french planes...